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		<title>Hard.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a lot of time, but feeling the need to post. I have been working up the outline of a book I&#8217;d like to write (much like this blog, it will likely never reach any audience, but it&#8217;s something I always wanted to try). It&#8217;s called &#8220;Letters to Neo.&#8221; The basic idea is to frame [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2010/02/hard/</link>
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		<title>A Consistent Ethic of Life</title>
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As I prepare to share the story of how our family came to be this Sunday at Redwood Hills, I am thinking about one of the main questions we get asked a lot: are fertility treatments consistent with Christian ethics (or more like &#8220;are Christians allowed to do that kind of thing?&#8221;)? It&#8217;s a great [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2010/01/a-consistent-ethic-of-life/</link>
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		<title>Legalism. When &#8220;Right&#8221; is Just Not Enough.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christmas &#8211; the season of Bible movies on TV &#8211; like the one in the picture. Maybe because of that I have been captivated lately by Jesus&#8217; take on the Law given to Moses. It is fascinating because He himself says that he has not come to destroy the law, but fulfill it. Many take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/12/legalism-when-right-is-just-not-enough/</link>
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		<title>Sarah Laughed. I Get That.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I told you before in this post, our family walked through ten years of barrenness before we finally had our first children. We have three now, all conceived with the help of doctors. We needed doctor help because of some specific medical conditions that made it next to impossible for us to conceive.
I say [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/12/sarah-laughed-i-get-that/</link>
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		<title>We preach&#8230;marketing?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may sound like a rant, or a reaction to something I saw recently. I want to assure you that it isn&#8217;t. You don&#8217;t have to believe me (I can&#8217;t prove it), but I&#8217;ve been on this journey of understanding for over ten years now, and I am just now to the point where I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/11/we-preach-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Evil.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know why I turned on the tv in the morning 8 years ago today, September 11, 2001. I was up for an early staff breakfast, and watching the news wasn&#8217;t part of my morning routine. But I distinctly remember feeling the need to turn it on. It took me a few minutes to understand [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/09/evil/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Kind of (not) a Big Deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At last we come to the end: Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly. Now for the &#8220;walk humbly&#8221; part.
It would be hard to argue the fact that Will Ferrell&#8217;s supreme gift is his ability to create  characters that are big, loud, dumb - yet somehow lovable - horse&#8217;s rear ends. In so doing, he exposes the tendency [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/07/im-kind-of-not-a-big-deal/</link>
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		<title>The Wonder and Weight of Being Born American</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here on July 4th I thought I would take the few quiet moments I have before heading out to blow stuff up (in celebration of the freedom to blow stuff up, of course), to do what every other blogger is doing &#8211; comment on America.
 I was born in Turkey, but only because my father was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/07/the-wonder-and-weight-of-being-born-american/</link>
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		<title>It didn&#8217;t look like it was headed that way&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Father&#8217;s Day, y&#8217;all. I write this at the end of the day &#8211; the kids are in bed (sleep comes much later than &#8220;in bed&#8221;, but eventually&#8230;I hope). A great day of getting gifts, eating food, and some &#8220;time off&#8221; to take in a movie, then a webcam call with my father (he&#8217;s such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/06/it-didnt-look-like-it-was-headed-that-way/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m down with mercy&#8230;as long as a few people get what they&#8217;ve got comin&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly.That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re trying to figure out the &#8220;how&#8221; of. Now about loving mercy &#8211; I do. Just as long as the right people get &#8220;mercified&#8221; (spell-check says that isn&#8217;t a word. I say &#8220;it is if I can get enough people to use it.&#8221; Stupid spell-check.). In the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/06/im-down-with-mercyas-long-as-a-few-people-get-what-theyve-got-comin/</link>
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		<title>Justice begins at home.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing on my public processing of vexing questions, let&#8217;s pick up here &#8211; I promised to post &#8220;the things I am mostly almost pretty sure are true about justice. Maybe.&#8221; And so I shall. At least I shall try.
Global justice is a big chalupa. Economic, social, political, and religious inequities abound. I am increasingly convinced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/06/justice-begins-at-home/</link>
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		<title>Justice vs. fairness, why I can&#8217;t get on American Idol, and other existential rants.</title>
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Continuing a thread about what I think we oughta be thinking about (See this post for the intro to this section). This is a direct follow-up to the last post (aren&#8217;t they all?). I seem to have painted myself into a bit of a corner on this one. The first item in this list is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/05/justice-vs-fairness-why-i-cant-get-on-american-idol-and-other-existential-rants/</link>
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		<title>Six: justice, kindness, humility &#8211; part one.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think we have a problem with obsession. As a culture in America, we have the time and discretionary money to obsess about whatever interests us. That&#8217;s why we have a thriving entertainment gossip industry (think TMZ), why the word &#8220;fansite&#8221; exists, why there are little tiny stores in the strip mall that sell random [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/03/six-justice-kindness-humility-part-one/</link>
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		<title>Hugging the Monster.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another detour, but some things much on my mind these days. This will be a random and rambling rant, and maybe not too cohesive. Enjoy  .
If the economy continues to collapse in America, a lot of our mega-church and mega-ministry institutions will likely collapse with it &#8211; since they are built on the same principles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/02/hugging-the-monster/</link>
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		<title>Five dot One: The Extra Mile, pt. 2 &#8211; aka &#8220;The Mac Problem&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post oh so long ago, we talked about going the extra mile &#8211; helping those who can&#8217;t give us anything in return. In the intervening four months, we welcomed a new girl into our family and a giant project at work ate the rest of my life (80 hour weeks, that sort [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2009/02/five-dot-one-the-extra-mile-pt-2-aka-the-mac-problem/</link>
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		<title>Five: The Extra Mile, pt. 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot has been said lately in our national dialog about concern for the poor (or at least the poorer than you). There&#8217;s a raging debate about &#8220;spreading the wealth around.&#8221; Is it Socialism? Is it good, compassionate fiscal policy? I even heard a guy on the radio expounding on how the book of Acts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2008/11/five-the-extra-mile-pt-1/</link>
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		<title>A Savior on Capitol Hill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay &#8211; brief break from the assignment to myself (See the last posts). &#8216;Cause it&#8217;s political time &#8211; might as well get caught up in ELECTION FEVER (as Craig Ferguson puts it). And yes, I stole the title of this post from Derek Webb.
It&#8217;s that time again to look to Washington for salvation &#8211; from budget crises [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2008/10/a-savior-on-capitol-hill/</link>
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		<title>Four: Tell.</title>
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Is there any word in English that has a more negative connotation than &#8220;preach&#8221;? Okay, I can think of a few (and no, I am not going to list them here &#8211; the internet is forever). But no one ever says &#8220;I wish someone would preach at me.&#8221; Movies that are too heavy-handed in promoting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2008/10/four-tell/</link>
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		<title>Three: Redemption</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s just no way to get around it. I have to talk about Dog the Bounty Hunter.
Now Dog is not always what you would call a sympathetic character. He dresses oddly. He makes baffling hairstyle choices. He and his entire family are arguably three fries short of a happy meal. He vacuums for fun. He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2008/09/three-redemption/</link>
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		<title>Two: Believe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part Two in a super-elongated series &#8211; an assignment to myself  &#8220;to start laying out what I believe God asks of us &#8211; first individually, then corporately as churches&#8221;. Here&#8217;s where we are:

One: Repent.
Two: Believe

Since One was &#8220;repent&#8221;, I think I should. I have neglected blogging (this is bad for me, not for you necessarily). [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.viraljesus.org/2008/09/twobelieve/</link>
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